The U.S. is shipping four additional HIMARS launchers to Ukraine as part of its latest package of military assistance to counter Russia. It will include artillery ammunition and rockets and be the sixteenth drawdown of firepower from the Pentagon’s own inventory since August 2021. Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS from the U.S. and four more rocket launchers from other allied countries.
The latest security package also will include guided multiple launch rocket system ammunition, known as GMLRS, that has a range of about 50 miles. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff head Gen. Mark Milley detailed the latest aid in a briefing to reporters after a meeting of more than two dozen allies aiding Kyiv in the fight.